Carnival Personnel
by Carnival Personnel
Biff, Jacques and Joe have committed themselves to lowering the podcast standards bar. A catch all of comedy, pop culture, gaming, politics, sports and nothingness... but sometimes somehow have amazing guest including - renowned film makers and comics, college professors, lawyers, sports figures, authors, politicians and just very cool friends to laugh with.
Episodes
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CPP 301 - Riding The Blue Tsunami
Biff, Joe and Jacques are together (over zoom) for the first time in a bit and had a lot of fun chatting … Godzilla Day (Nov 3rd) and upcoming Star Wars Life Day (Nov. 17th) and wrapping up Halloween season (well it’s always Halloween Season at Jacques Addams Family /The Munsters house) … but he...
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CPP Sideshow 167 - Comedian B Smitty ... Comedian B owner of Up Stage Comedy Lounge In San Antonio
Comedian B Smitty is the founder of The Upstage Comedy Lounge in San Antonio TX is are really incredible guest on this week’s podcast. I’ve been following him on the social for a while and I’m not sure it he trying to tell folks how to run a comedy club or he’s telling folks, PLEASE … do yourself…
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CPP Sideshow 166 - Jay Renaud aka Tank Entertainment aka Spanky’s Comedy aka Hardest Working Man In New England
Had a real fun time chatting all things stand up and bar/restaurant gameshow entertainment with Mr. Spanky’s Comedy … Mr. Tank Entertainment … Jay Renaud. Less than one year back into the stand-up comedy scene in New England, Jay has built an great rep for fantastic shows with the biggest...
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CPP Ep. 301: Don't Touch the Hair
Jacques and Joe (Biff is on assignment) talk about healthcare woes, Jacques hosting the 4th Annual Merrimack Valley's Funniest Person contest, and--say it with us--WHITE PRIVILEGE. Specifically, an old white woman invading a Black woman's personal space. PLUS: Manchester City football, Jacques...
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CPP Ep 300: Time To Target Racist … oh we mean Time For Target To BE Racist!
Jacques and Joe chat the boo-boo Target made with HORRIFICALLY racist Halloween custom … but hey … at least Calloway Golf is POS too. Chat Joe going on his first vacation ... EVER. And Jacques went on vacation … well to ER for a few hours. Enjoy! Follow CPP pretty much just on IG at: Carnival...
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CPP Ep. 299: Top 10 AI Crypo Investing Apps Ranked by Taylor Swift & Spiderman
Apologies If you actual tuned in thinking WE’D have anything to offer in way of AI, Crypo advice or that Taylor Swift was doing the rankings. And by apologies, are you a dumbass? We wrap up the World Cup talk from last episode – We chat the GREAT one season spin off of The Golden Girl’s – Golden...
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The Best, Most Well Research & Most Unbiased World Cup 2026 Recap – By Two American Halfwits
The brilliant, funny, world traveling host of the Any Given Yesterday podcast and the official CPP senior Futbol Correspondent, Dave LaPoint returns. Does FIFA suck and somehow get worse EVERY day? Yes. Was the 2026 World Cup amazing and a (mostly) incredible tournament, YES. We were both...
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CPP Ep 298 - It’s Was The Best Of Times It Was The Really OK Of Times …
Biff and Jacques got to play catch up and you get to hear it all. You luck lucky bastards. Jacques epic drive to LA with one kid and drive home 6ish weeks later with the other one … and all the world cup stand up hunt for munga figures in Little Tokyo LA chat you can want. Biff talks deep sea...
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CPP Classic: The History of Mel Brooks Part I (2018)
In honor of Mel Brooks' 100th birthday, enjoy this classic Carnival Personnel Sideshow #38 from July 26, 2018! Jacques and Joe talk about their favorite Mel Brooks movies and TV shows! Your Show of Shows! Get Smart! The Producers! Blazing Saddles! Young Frankenstein! Spaceballs! Robin Hood: Men…
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CPP Sideshow 164 - Ritch Shydner – (almost) 50 Years Of Being Paid To Be Funny!
Legend. Truly. Ritch Shydner is a comic legend. Since 1977 Ritch has been a professional working comedian, writer, actor. Endless Johnny Carson “The Tonight Show” appearances, IMDB page a mile long, PAID by Steve Martin to help right jokes for Roxanne! A MUST follow across all the socials. You…
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CPP Sideshow 163 - Jessica Redish, The Professor Is In So Take A Seat!
Gotta be careful and selective with your social media postings! You put out fun, helpful and interesting content like – does and don’t on how to make REAL movies … then some weirdo will ask you to do their podcast and THAT … is how we got the beyond amazing JESSICA REDISH to chat with us. Jessica…
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CPP Ep. 297 - Happy Podcast Anniversary? Nine!
Yes, Carnival Personnel Podcast has been on for over nine years! Now let's never speak of this again. Jacques and Joe host another Biff-Free episode, with topics like Jacques hosting a comedy night with Steve Sweeney and Lenny Clarke, the World Cup coming to Boston, and Jacques preparing to drive...
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CPP Sideshow 162 - The Brains Behind Cube Underground – Comedian Rae Brain
Comedian, Actress, Comedy Shows/Game Show Producer … and Ghost Hunter, Rae Brain is our very fun guest on this weeks sideshow. From the lead in a dinner theater troupe in Vegas to her shows at Cube Underground … if it falls under the comedy umbrella, Rae is knee deep in it – she’s recording her...
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CPP EP 296 - Making Up For Lost Time
Making up for last time (no regular episode of CPP in a few weeks … and still, sadly, no Biff) Joe and Jacques record this super long fun filled ADHD all over the map episode. We start with going deep into the CPP vault and playing a fan favorite Joe – Self Indulgent Theater (which really, it’s…
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CPP Sideshow 161 - Dyen To Talk Comedy with Funny Girl In The Desert, Allison Dyen
Comedian. Producer. Booker … Latin Major in college and now comedy contest founder, Allison Dyen is our super fun guest this week on CPP Sideshow 161. Jacques crossed paths with Allison last year JUST before she relocated to Palm Springs (where Frank Sinatra farted in pools) when she competed in...
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Joni Grassey - Your favorite comedian's favorite comedian!
Joni Grassey is your favorite comedian’s favorite comedian. Go on … Go ask Ken “The Viper” Rogerson … go ask Sir Lenny Clark or the GREAT Mr. Tony V … ask bookers like Mike Smith … Insane (and true) stories for days! A walking spark-plug! This episode does with a warning, “Joni Grassey is...
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CPP Ep. 295 - One Angry Man
Jacques, Joe and Biff reconvene after more than a month since the last regular episode! Jacques talks about serving on a jury, only to be banished to the Phantom Zone as an alternate juror; spending an evening with Stormy Daniels (on tour); working with legendary comic Ken "The Viper" Rogerson…
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CPP Sideshow 160 - Comedian Zach Remi aka New England Dad
One of our favorite IG content creators, New England Dad aka comedian Zach Remi is this week’s guest. Been following New England Dad a while and by the fates of stand up, Jacques was on a fundraising show recently with Zach and now … this week’s very fun guest. We chat life balance between social...
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CPP Sideshow #159 - YouTuber MIKE RAD - Real Stories Of A Hollywood Bartender
Impending YouTube star MIKE RAD is our guest this week. Mike is a longtime working actor in Hollywood who has decades of stories from set AND from …. Being a Hollywood Bartender. Mike’s new channel launched this week and we chat his first post (his time with the late great Chuck Norris when Mike...
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Tanissia Sprull – Comedian, Actress and Devoted Beyonce Hive Member
Jacques chat with one of the nicest comics he’s met in his LA travels the last three years, Tanissia Sprull! Tanissia comedy is very real and personal. Born to army parents on a base in German … to today, Tanissia has never had a boring life! This was a fun chat but we shoul have stared with...
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CPP Ep. 294 - WTF GameStop – 39.9%, Are U Kidding Me?!
The whole gang is here to talk the record-breaking time from celebrating the US Men’s Hockey Gold Medal to wishing Canada had won it … or ANYONE ELSE. On other hand, extreme happy for US Woman’s ice hockey and another great story from figure skating. Jacques GameStop credit card is 39.9%…
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CPP Sideshow #157 - Ryan Shea, 2nd Generation Comedian ... Kind Of.
Comedian, content creator and singer of Boston’s long lost (beloved) hardcore bank Drop Anchor is this week’s super fun guest. Ryan’s comedy is just like his mothers comedy (who was a stand up during the comedy boom in the 80’s) except … Ryan’s funny and his moms comedy (according to his friend)…
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CPP Ep. 293 - GLUTTONY at a White Trash Comedy Show
Gluttony thy name is an unregulated buffet line at an American Legion Hall Comedy Show. Let’s face it … nothing IS more American then stuffing your face and not giving a sht if they person behind you even gets a god damn crouton! That’s the majority of this episode … Jacques whining to Joe on...
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CPP Ep. 292 - Big Game Sports, They Ain't What They Used to Be
Jacques, Biff and Joe open the show with their fondest Catherine O'Hara memories. The thrill seems to be gone for them in the lead-up to the Big Game between New England and Seattle, and they can't seem to avoid politics when discussing sporting events like the Winter Olympics and upcoming FIFA...
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CPP Sideshow 156 Madeline Bocaro – Author, Music Historian, BFF with Yoko Ono
What an amazing chat with truly one of the most interesting persons I’ve meet in the music biz in a long time, Madeline Bocaro in her early teens became pen pals with pop culture icon, Yoko Ono an over the last 50 decades their friendship let to her writing, “In Your Mind, The Infinite Universe…
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CPP Ep. 291 - A Rabbit Dressed As A Turtle Walks Into A Bar
Talk the sad closing of Brennan’s In Santa Monica, home to Turtle Racing for over 50 years coming to a close. Jacques had the BEST awful NYE shows on the Cape. Review The Naked Gun 2025, recap Joe’s sleep over and Get A Life viewing party, Is 6-7 dead … Parenting tips and WHY is NFL making fans…
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Mr. CPP Sideshow 155 - Mr. Smith Goes To Washing… I Mean Goes To Carnival Personnel … With His Little Stories.
CPP is starting off 2026 pretty strong with the Lovely and Talented Wayne Russell from the OMP Podcast co-hosting with Jacques and they had a fantastic chat with Comedian, Booker, Show Runner … Former Semi Pro Football Player and (Real Football) Soccer Ref, Mr. Mike Smith. Don’t want to leave out...
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CPP Ep 290 - 2025 Recap – End Of Year Spectacular (Extended Synder Directors Cut Edition)
Joe and Jacques recap the year it was and what a year … it was. Recap Jacques stand-up comedy follies, recount the best (and worst) guest … that sort of stuff. Emo Phillips Night, London Trip and Eddie’s Ranch Giggles Shows … the best. Talk favorite TV shows of the year, Jacques surgery and much...
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Special Reposting - Sideshow #26 - Christmas Songs - Dec 14 2017
SPECIAL REPOSTING from 12/14/2017 - Carnival Personnel is all-singing, no-talent in this special holiday Sideshow! Jacques and Joe butcher some of your favorite Christmas songs: “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” “All I Want for Christmas Is You,” “Santa Baby (feat. Edith Bunker),” and MORE! Follow…
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SPECIAL Re-Posting Sideshow 25 (12/11/17) - Christmas Animated Specials
Special Christmas reposting: Sideshow 25 from 12/11/17 Jacques and Joe were pretty new to podcast and didn’t know what they were doing (Still don’t) but they do know … well, love anyway, Animated Christmas Specials - We just love this Christmas-y time of year! This week, Jacques and Joe review...
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CPP Ep. 289 - Free Belly Shaving!
Jacques had a boo boo the doctor had to fix and we’ll see if chicks really do dig scars?? We’ll also have to see if he’ll ever have a belly button again. Friend of Podcast, Mr. Nick Zaino made it to Nick’s Comedy Stop and put faces to names with Joe and Jacques and both Joe and Jacques give...
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CPP Sideshow #154 - John Moses – Comedian, Podcaster, Fluent In Squirrel
National Stand Up, the eye candy co-host of Fight Stories Podcast and girl dad, John Moses chatted with Jacques about his path to comedy and how to be a great son to your day at the end of his life. Proud(ish) resident of New Jersey by way of Toronto, John and his partner in crime (former…
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CPP Ep.278 - I Saw London, I Saw France … There Was No Underpants
Jacques went to London, Manchester and Paris and we hear all about it… ALL about it. Dems swept elections last week and we hear all about it. ALL about it. Joe went to Jacques 1st of two shows at the Famed Nick’s Comedy Stop last weekend and we hear all about it. All about it. Turns out there was…
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CPP Sideshow #153 - Nick Zaino aka Mr. Boston Comedy Radio Himself
Nick Zaino has been Boston’s premier comedy correspondent for three decades … from the gone but NEVER forgotten (BELOVED) Boston Phoenix to the Boston Globe … and last year, Nick put on tights and a cap and became a true superhero to all who love stand-up, improv, sketch comedy, radio, albums ……
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CPP Ep. 277 - No Kings, Yes Duran Duran Cover Band
The Good: Jacques Management thru going away party for her best friend complete with an awesome Duran Duran Cover Band. The Hidden Battles Comedy Graduation show was an amazing success, complete with pre-show video shout out from Seth Myers (yes, THAT Seth Myers) AND over 7 million people showed…
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Sideshow 152 - Jason Merrill - Gives You A Doggy Bag Of Jokes To Take Home
Street Jokes are a doggie Bag of comedy shows … something you can tell at the bubbler at the office on Monday and Jason Merrill makes sure that doggie bag is full when you leave his shows. The pride of Lawrence Tech HS, Jason got a late start in comedy but the mentoring and friendships with folks...
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CPP # 276 - As I Was Saying Before I Was Interrupted
The whole gang is here for this one. But there isn't a world where Biff, Joe and Jacques could be considered "a gang". With the world burning ... we chat Jacques latest stand up shenanigans and Jacques laments the impending end to his favorite podcast Complaints and Observations. Biff has a legit...
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CPP Ep. 276 - Continued Success
Biff is back this episode to catch up with Jacques and Joe and their waaaaaacky adventures! First, Joe returned to RetroWorld Expo in Connecticut for his annual family outing and *almost* beat the Whammy. Then Jacques and Joe laugh it up with Nick and Joe (no relation) at the Found Footage…
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CPP Ep. 275 - Super Sized Summer Spectacular
Buckle Up … this is a long one ... (that’s what she said) … no … no she ever actually said that ever. Management and Jacques boys are in LA … Oasis and Halloween Horror Nights – While Jacques has Joe over to watch more early 70s Match Game Chat passing of the great Ken Dryden, new season of…
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CPP Sideshow 151 - Kathe Farris: Comedian, Wine Cork Artist, Laser Tag Aficionado
Kathe Farris got a late start in stand up … and laser tag … but has more than made up for lost time and is one of New England’s favorite headlining comics and she is willing to ruin any 9-year old’s birthday to get on the leader board. Kathe also works with John Tobin Presents booking the most…
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CPP Ep. 274 Son Sets In LA(FC)
What a way to boost listener ship of a comedy – pop culture podcast … start with 15 minutes of football (soccer) … BIG news for LAFC (Jax family MLS team) .. Son Heung-min, greatest Korean Footballer signs. Then we chat some of this and some of that. First time in a spell the three clowns are in...
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CPP Ep. 273 What We Did On Summer Vacation by Joe and Jacques
Joe talks his epic trip to Mecca (Fun Spot Arcade in Laconia NH) and Jacques chats his current trip to Mecca (Los Angeles). Bit of a long episode (your welcome) … cause it’s been a minute. Joe is having a great vacation full of family time AND candle pin bowling. Jacques LA time … Universal and...
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CPP Sideshow 150 - Cam K Morton ... The K is for Comedy!
Producer. Director. Comedian … and easy on the eye, Mr. Glovebox Comedy, Cam is our super fun sideshow guest this week. If you were looking for a podcast with two production nerds talking the importance of 1st meal on set being hot … then THIS is the podcast for you, Jacques crossed paths in the...
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CPP #272 - Bombs Away!
Worse schools in the industrialized world but cutting the Department Of Education is somehow … gonna help us catch up to German, Japan … and everywhere else with Math skills? Same way bombing a country in the middle east is gonna make us all safer? What?! That … and some Stanley Cup chat, some...
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Sideshow 149 - Sitcom Game Shows Cross Overs Part 1
The thing Joe loves MOST on this planet (sure sure wife and kids …) Old Game Shows and the thing Jacques loves MOST on this planet (comment censored) … old Sitcoms. So when recently watching an episode of The Golden Girls … in which Dorothy ties out for Jeopardy (yes the great Alex Trebek AND…
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CPP Ep. 272 - In Jacques We Trust
Jacques takes a well-deserved break from helping an elderly woman get their house in order on the other side of the country to tell Joe and Biff all about the grueling--yet fulfulling (?)--ordeal in great detail. TL;DR: Set up your family trust TODAY! Plus: Biff is watching anime and the Stanley...
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CPP Ep. 271 - Carnival Personnel 8th Anniversary Spectacular!
Just kidding, it's not spectacular in the least. Enjoy another regular old episode of Jacques, Joe and Biff talking about standup comedy, NHL hockey and TV watching. Oh, and Jacques does a very good deed for someone on the end of the country... the better end, some might say. Not to be confused...
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CPP Sideshow 148 - Luckiest Man In America Recap
Joe and Jacques (and shockingly, more Joe then Jacques) talk the new movie based on the infamous 1984 episode of Press Your Luck where an Ice Cream truck driver from Ohio won over 100k in one day. Was he cheating? Was it an inside job? Was it dumb luck? Is this guy who he says he is? We had fun...
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CPP Ep. 270 - Midnight Magic With Joe
Channeling his best David Allan Boucher Joe starts off with a little ASMR … New Pope and New Q’Anon knuckles tattoo cipher guide. More info then ANYONE wants as Jacques breaks his HIPPA rights to over share his medical voyage. Jacques standup update includes looking forward to going to the prom…
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CPP Sideshow 147 - Jeremy Shipp of Winding Path Movies
Jeremy Shipp is a writer (no, like really a writer … like people pay him to write stuff after lawyers and agents and studios agree that HE is a guy you want to pay to write for you …) he’s also one of our favorite social media content creators who has a passion for films and Hollywood that is...
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Biff, Jacques and Joe have committed themselves to lowering the podcast standards bar. A catch all of comedy, pop culture, gaming, politics, sports and nothingness... but sometimes somehow have amazing guest including - renowned film makers and comics, college professors, lawyers, sports figures, authors, politicians and just very cool friends to laugh with.
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